2nd arrest in Mountain View double homicide

One man was arraigned and a second man was arrested Tuesday in last week’s double homicide at Mountain View Recreation Center, for which they might face the death penalty.

Shannon Bryant, 29, pleaded not guilty in San Diego Superior Court to two counts of murder with allegations that the crimes were committed for the benefit of a gang and that he was a felon in possession of ammunition.

Elliot Williams, 28, had been jailed since his arrest on May 7 on suspicion of violating the terms of his post-release community supervision. He was rebooked Tuesday on the same murder and gang counts that Bryant faces.

They are accused in the May 6 fatal shooting of Tony Jackson, 33, and Robert Brown, 37, outside the San Diego neighborhood recreation center in the middle of a Sunday afternoon.

Deputy District Attorney Ted Fiorito said out of court that Williams and Bryant could face the death penalty because of the gang allegations attached to the two murder charges. His office has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty, he said.

During Bryant’s arraignment, Fiorito said the two defendants went “hunting” for Tony Jackson on May 6.

He said Williams and Jackson got into a confrontation on Ocean View Boulevard about noon. Just past 1 p.m., Bryant’s car started circling the Mountain View rec center, four times over the next 20 minutes.

The car stopped at the rec center, and, the prosecutor said, Williams shot Jackson as well as Brown, who was nearby.

He said investigators later traced Bryant’s movements by pinging his cellphone.

An hour after the shooting, Bryant texted Williams a news account of the double homicide, and said Williams should delete his message, the prosecutor said.

Ammunition matching what was used in the shooting was later found in Bryant’s residence, Fiorito said.